even better, just stumbled across this:
http://wp.anoop.net/2011/04/creating-custom-actions-in-quicksilver/
turns out i can just put my *.rb script in '~/Library/Application
Support/Quicksilver/Actions' and use `ARGV[0]` instead of `ARGF.read`.
thanks again!
On Aug 9, 2012, at 2:50 PM, Patrick Robertson <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Use
>
> "on process text reminder" in your AppleScript
>
> See the examples on the page I sent you, for example
> http://qsapp.com/wiki/SuperTweet_(AppleScript)
>
> On 9 August 2012 20:46, Aaron Stacy <[email protected]> wrote:
> sounds like this might work -- but how do i get the input in my applescript?
> i.e., i've got the following `make_reminder.scpt`:
>
> do shell script "echo '" & input & "' |
> /Users/astacy/code/reminders/make_reminder.rb"
>
> how do i set the 'input' variable to the contents of the Quicksilver text
> entry?
>
> thanks!
>
> On Aug 9, 2012, at 2:33 PM, Patrick Robertson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I'd suggest putting this script inside an AppleScript, then placing the
>> AppleScript inside
>>
>> ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Actions
>>
>>
>> See http://qsapp.com/wiki/AppleScripts#Pane_2_.28Action.29_AppleScripts for
>> more info on how you might do this. Shouldn't be too difficult.
>>
>> On 9 August 2012 20:26, aaronj1335 <[email protected]> wrote:
>> i've got a sick little ruby script that allows you to make reminders from
>> the command line like so:
>>
>> $ echo 'party up this friday at 9' | make_reminder.rb
>>
>> (it uses chronic to set the due date and rb-appscript to create the
>> reminder).
>>
>> i'd like to be able to open the bezel, type "." to enable text entry, and
>> enter the event text ("party up this friday at 9" in this case), and have a
>> 'create reminder' action show up in the right-hand pane. the 'create
>> reminder' action would essentially pass the text of the left-hand pane into
>> stdin of `make_reminder.rb`.
>>
>> how can i do this?
>>
>> i know that i can create a service for all apps in automator which does this
>> (passes the selected text into my `make_reminder.rb` script), and that
>> works, but i can't get the service to show up in my actions (even though i
>> can see it when i go to Quicksilver -> Preferences -> Preferences -> Actions
>> -> Filter by Plugin -> Services Menu Plugin).
>>
>> how can i use the text-entry-mode text as input for my `make_reminder.rb`
>> script?
>>
>> thanks!!!
>>
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